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	Hooded Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus, is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
		Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals and waste which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation, including waste tips and abattoirs.
		The Hooded Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald pink head and a greyish “hood”.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hooded_Vulture (208 words)

	Hooded Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vultures detect dead animals by sight and by the movements of other vultures and carrion eating birds.
		Hooded vultures are silent birds and mated pairs are devoted to each other, roosting together outside the breeding season.
		Hooded Vultures are scavengers that consume food from a variety of sources; they are opportunistic feeders.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /hooded_vulture.htm (625 words)

	Old World vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They are not at all closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures and condors, and do not share that group's good sense of smell.
		Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals.
		A particular characteristic of many vultures is a bald head, devoid of feathers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_World_vulture (153 words)

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		One of the smallest and weakest vultures in its range, the Hooded Vulture is 26 inches long, with a 5 1/2 foot wingspan.
		The hooded vulture's thin, weak beak is constructed for removing meat from bones, but is not well adapted for ripping through the hide of a carcass.
		This vulture is not in a position to be a picky eater, and supplements its diet often with insects and garbage from towns.
	www.vultures.homestead.com /Hooded.html (510 words)

	VULTURES and CONDORS
		In fact, it is so comfortable around humans that the Hooded Vulture is frequently to be seen hopping happily in and out of huts while the human inhabitants walk around it.
		The Hooded Vulture is generally the first to move into a carcass, but once the more aggressive species arrive it is forced to wait on the sidelines until they have eaten their fill.
		Vultures need thermals to gain altitude and so rise later in the morning than other birds; the smaller the vulture, the earlier it can rise and start scavenging.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /vulture/hooded.html (548 words)

	Aerial survey of raptors in the lowveld of Swaziland, July 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An aerial survey, exclusively for the censusing of vulture and eagle nests, was conducted in the lowveld of Swaziland in July 2002.
		The Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus is an irregular non-breeding vagrant to the country (Parker 1997).
		Pennycuick, C.J. Breeding of the lappet-faced and white-headed vultures (Torgos tracheliotus Forster and Trigonoceps occipitalis Burchell) on the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.
	www.ecs.co.sz /eagles.htm (2533 words)

	Refining our vulture culture
		The king vulture, of which the Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus is the dominant southern African representative, is a massive beast with a very powerful beak that aids the bird in opening up the carcasses of fallen animals.
		Vultures arrive from far and wide to compete for a carcass, and this usually goes hand in hand with serious disputes about the spoils.
		Not all vultures can grab the spoils like the griffons do and the more wary Hooded Vulture will patiently wait on the outskirts of the feeding frenzy for another vulture to drop a piece of meat, then stoop on the morsel with great satisfaction.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2004/april/vulture.htm (1588 words)

	Bird Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because Black vultures have been known to take young livestock, and because they are thought to transport various diseases, they have been trapped and destroyed by the thousands in some areas.
		Black vultures have a habit of defecating on their own legs as a means of cooling by evaporation.
		Unable to compete with larger vultures at a carcass, the Hooded Vulture will often remain after the competitors have left and begin feeding on the scraps and stripping meat from small openings with its narrow beak.
	www.naturalencounters.com /abby2a.html (3315 words)

	Liberty's Raptor and Reptile Centre - Raptors
		The African Hooded Vulture is the smallest of the vultures on the African continent.
		Vultures are famous for their keen eyesight, locating their source of food whilst soaring hundreds of feet in the air.
		Many vultures were persecuted after fears of them carrying cattle diseases, but now in the United States, they are protected by law because of their valued role in removing sources of infection.
	www.libertyscentre.co.uk /raptors.html (1162 words)

	SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All the vultures are large, and it has got a hooked bill.
		The only predator of the vulture, is the human race.
		Many vultures have been caught and put in captivity to be bred.
	www.schoolworld.asn.au /species/tvulture.html (80 words)

	Keepers in a flap as vulture continues freedom flight [Free Republic]
		The Ruppell's griffon vulture, known as Foster, was perched in a tree in a vicarage garden near Southwold, in Suffolk, and had already swooped on the rector's pet cat, said vicarage staff member Maria Hook.
		The vulture is the highest-flying bird in the world, with records showing birds of the species have soared to about R11 000 metres.
		escaped vulture that evaded capture for a week, was finally trapped yesterday after falconers resorted to a new tactic: feminine charm.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b33f3f1563a.htm (1576 words)

	Hooded vulture
		Read all about the Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) or watch our live wildlife webcams.
		It is a smaller vulture and has a slender beak.
		with it’s slender bill it Being smaller the Hooded Vulture cannot compete with the larger vultures at the carcasses but relies on scraps the bigger vultures leave.
	www.wildcam.com /guides/critter.jsp?animalid=81 (102 words)

	070404 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cape Vulture, Whitebacked Vulture, Lappetfaced Vulture, Hooded Vulture and Egyptian Vulture (rarity).
		Lappetfaced Vulture are occurring in greater numbers by the day and the occasional Hooded Vulture can be seen.
		The arrival of a juvenile Egyptian Vulture caused a stir and it is expected that these birds will be seen more and more in the reserve.
	www.sabirding.co.za /birdspot/070404.asp (390 words)

	Diary of The Gambia, 1995
		Hooded Vulture At least 12 of these small (for a vulture at least), dark vultures were around the airport; by far the commonest raptor in The Gambia.
		Hooded Vulture c50 seen, many of which were perched in palms by the roadside.
		Hooded Vulture Probably at least 200 seen, especially around the hyena cage where they fed on the offal provided giving exceptionally close views (a few feet away!)
	www.bubo.org /trips/gambia01_dly.htm (10177 words)

	March 2001 Central Mass Bird Sightings
		On 3/27/01, a turkey vulture was perched on a chimney on our building (9:30AM); we watched it 10 yards away for 20 minutes through a window before it flew off to join another vulture.
		A bit further up 146 in Millbury, a kettle of 13 Turkey Vultures and 2 Red-taileds were spotted in the same place and at the same time we had another good kettle last week.
		Goldeneye (4); Bufflehead (79); Hooded Merganser (4); Common Merganser (13); Red-breasted Merganser (36); Turkey Vulture (1); Cooper's Hawk (1 ad being relentlessly bombed in flight by a Herring Gull); Red-tailed Hawk (1); Red-bellied Woopecker (1); Fish Crow (1: this is definitely a species that is using the corridor to enter Worcester County.
	users.wpi.edu /~rsquimby/birds/mar01.html (6597 words)

	November 2002 Central Mass Bird Sightings
		Bufflehead (203); Hooded Merganser (56); Common Merganser (29); Red-breasted Merganser (8); Sharp-shinned Hawk (1imm); Cooper's Hawk (1ad+1imm); Red-tailed Hawk (3); Bonaparte's Gull (21); Black-headed Gull (1adW); Red-bellied Woodpecker (1); N.
		Goldeneye (2f); Hooded Merganser (7); Common Merganser (18).
		The section of Leesville pond along the south side of the entrance road to the Swedish Cemetery is one of the most consistent and convenient locations in Worcester to find puddle ducks.
	users.wpi.edu /~rsquimby/birds/nov02.html (5255 words)

	Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus. photo - Michael Moss photos at pbase.com
		all galleries >> Lion Sands South Africa 2004 > Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus.
		Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus, Lion Sands South Africa
		This vulture is an adult Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus, one of the smaller African species.
	www.pbase.com /image/34245516 (44 words)

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		The vultures have contributed 2,622 YEARS (rank #3) of computer time of the overall 375,909 YEARS computed so far.
		VULTURE profile LigandFit devices vulture/ Andean condor/ devices lesser yellow-headed vulture/ greater yellow-headed vulture/
	tx4.us /personal.htm (730 words)

	Hooded Vulture - Necrosyrtes monachus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Click here to go to the forums home page and find out more.
		Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus RANGE Africa: widespread and common in sub-Saharan Africa from Mauritania and Senegal east to Ethiopia and western Somalia and south to the Cape but absent from the closed forest zone of Central Africa.
		Mainly resident but some birds undergo extensive wandering and occasionally recorded within the Western Palearctic in southern Morocco.
	www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=4113 (210 words)

	Hooded Vulture photo - Robert photos at pbase.com
		Vultures are generally classified as birds of prey along with hawks, owls, and eagles.
		biology, vultures have been reclassified and placed in the stork family.
		Posting to a public website does not imply public domain.
	www.pbase.com /image/35200660 (115 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Results: Hooded Vulture
		It was one of ten vultures that died after eating a poisoned goat carcass in the Gokwe district.
		Weight loss of stainless steel rings on Hooded Vultures.
		The stainless steel ring 914230 lost 7.4% of its weight at an average rate of attrition of 1.5 mg/month.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/safring/results/0110.htm (279 words)

	Ghana 1996
		I saw quite a few birds which I was not able to identify from the guide, notably an all fl "Yellowbill Coucal" in Kakum.
		I have not listed all the really common birds, Pied Crow, Grey-headed Sparrow, Hooded Vulture, Yellow-billed Kite etc., separately under each region, for this reason the Accra list is quite a bit longer than the others.
		Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) Woodland (Senegal) Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) African Pied Hornbill (Tockus fasciatus semifasciatus) Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica) Collared Sunbird (Anthreptes collaris) Copper Sunbird (Nectarinia cuprea) Splendid Sunbird (Nectarinia coccinigastra) Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
	ebn.unige.ch /ebn/vo/vo_96_35.html (469 words)

	Photos from Kruger National Park, South Africa -- Declan McCullagh photographs
		hooded-vulture / Vulture, probably a hooded vulture, with carcass of giraffe killed by lions a week earlier
		vulture-carass-gnawing / Vulture, probably a hooded vulture, gnawing on carcass of giraffe killed by lions a week earlier
		whitebacked-vulture / Whitebacked vulture with carcass of giraffe, killed by lions a week earlier
	www.mccullagh.org /location/krugernationalparksouthafrica.html (456 words)

	Neophron percnopterus
		The striking underwing pattern - fl flight feathers and white coverts - makes the adults very distinctive.
		The only other raptor with similar markings is the pale-morph Booted Eagle, but the vulture is larger with a distinctively tiny, narrow head and diamond-shaped tail.
		This unusual shape, pointed at both ends, separates the plain brown juvenile birds from all other raptors except the huge Lammergeier which has longer more angular wings and a much longer tail.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Neophron_percnopterus.htm (240 words)

	Vulture information
		USGS data sheet on Black Vulture, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
		USGS data sheet on Turkey Vulture, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
		Categorized information about Turkey Vulture; excellent large format pictures
	www.junglewalk.com /info/Vulture-information.htm (180 words)

	Family: Accipitridae
		English: White-backed ↔ White-necked, Vulture ↔ Griffon ↔ Griffon Vulture, White-backed Vulture
		English: Griffon Vulture ↔ Vulture ↔ Griffon, European Griffon Vulture, Griffon Vulture
		English: Vulture ↔ Griffon Vulture ↔ Griffon, Kolbe's Griffon Vulture
	www.4-siteplanning.com /africanbirdtrips/species/49-accipitridae.html (507 words)

	Kenya 1981 trip list
		A few daily on Saburu and Mara plains; common vulture at Hells Gate near Naivasha
		Ten among 70 vultures at a carcass on the Masai Mara
		A single bird in the Mara; in 1981 considered the local race of Short-toed Eagle C.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/Kenya1981list.html (9093 words)

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		Seen at the beach at Tanjeh / Tanji, April
		White wagtail Ringed plover Sanderling Grey headed gull Slender-billed gull Cattled egret Turnstone Bar-tailed godwit Hooded vulture Grey-headed sparrow Rufous-crowned roller Grey plover Grey heron Common sandpiper Long-tailed cormorant Lesser-crested tern Lesser fl-backed gull Village indigo bird Barn swallow Black-shouldered kite
		Seen around the Kotu Creek area - sewage works, golf course, fields, coastal lagoon - April
	uk.geocities.com /davenhel_uk/ornithology/gambia.html (207 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Hooded Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Hooded Vulture
		World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Hooded Vulture
		Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec30-45.html (50 words)

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